Operational sortiesDetailed view

Ob.ltn. Kaj Birksted

Unit

332 Sqn

Aircraft

Spitfire IX
, BS458 (KB)

Date

27.08.43

Time

07:45 -09:20

Details

Ramrod S.6. The Wing was acting as Target Cover in part II of this operation. This Squadron, led by Major K. Birksted, D.F.C., took off from North Weald followed by 331(N)Squadron. The operation went as planned - the Wing arrived over the Target at 0825 hours. No e/a were seen and the Wing returned to base without incident. Slight inaccurate flak over the target. Bombing results were not seen.

Source

AIR 27/1728

Note

ORB indicates aircraft as BS548, but this is likely be an error as BS458 was 132 W/C mount during this period.